Language and work culture. The first - language - is an issue for the obvious reasons.
The second - culture - is the more difficult issue to deal with. I've worked with staff from abroad (several countries) and attitudes have varied The following will help: 1. Indicate that you are only interested in applicants with a high degree of proficiency in your shared language. Test this at the interview. Use complex grammar. By all means, don't rule people out if they are otherwise brilliant, but keep it in mind that if you staff have difficulty communicating, every molehill can become a mountain. 2. Set clear expectations about pay and conditions, work hours and team dynamics - one of the key issues I have had to deal with is hiring developers from countries with a caste system into a workplace that was entirely merit-based. 3. If you can, try to get staff who aren't entrenched in their current job; you're looking for flexibility and adapatability (at least initially) and not necessarily long term commitment, which may result in a more relaxed attitude. 4. Learn as much as you can about the work practices and culture of the countries you are hiring staff from =D Finally, good luck! I've met plenty of excellent developers from abroad so I hope your experience is as positive. -- Ryan On 17 October 2011 21:28, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all. > > I work for a company with a small team off 6 developers. It looks like > in the not to distant future we will have a lot more work to do than > we can handle with such a small staff. Our management want to hire > developers in another country to either assist us off-site, or fly > them over to work with us. This is because we can get 3-5 developers > there for the price off one locally. > > I am wondering if others have had experience with hiring people in a > different country with cheaper labor to support in development. Our > opinion is that we will produce better results by hiring great > developers locally than going to a different country to hire. Maybe I > don't have an open enough mind about this, or maybe management is all > wrong in thinking that a developer is a developer, and we just need to > find the great ones in a different country at a lower price. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
